BMitzvah Blog

My torah portion, Vayikra is found in the third book of the Torah which is also called Vayikra. Most of my portion speaks about how the...

Ben, thank you for your dvar torah and for the wise words you have shared with us today. You have chosen to focus on two important ideas...

My Torah portion comes from Exodus, and it's called Vayak'hel The first part of the portion is about how Moses called the Israelites...

My name is Zacari Turest-Swartz. I’ve always been passionate about animals. I absolutely love them. I have two dogs and two cats. I chose...

My Parsha is Chayei Sarah from the book of Genesis. I have been very lucky to have this portion as I think that there are a number of...

G ood morning Rabbi Malcom, family, friends and congregation . This weeks parsha is “Veyara” This Parsha is mostly about Abraham in the...

My parasha is called Ki Teitzei. The English translation is ‘When you go out …’ and it covers many many rules written by Moses dealing...

My parasha is parashat Pinchas which comes from the book of Bemidbar or the book of Numbers. I will discuss two topics from this week’s...

HINEINI RESPONSE: Henini. Here I am, standing before you. Called by God and this community to do the holy work of bringing our Torah,...

Temple Israel, Cape Town, SA July 2019 – Tammuz 5779 God spoke to Abraham: לך לך מארצך ממולדתך אל הארץ אשר אראך Get yourself up and...

My torah portion is about a selfish man named Korach. He challenged Moses and Aaron and formed a rebellion against them. Since he only...

Rabbi Greg, congregation, family and friends Thank you for joining me to celebrate my Bat Mitzvah. When a young girl reaches the age of...

Good Morning and Good Shabbas everyone I am Zara Tonkil and in celebration of my Bat Mitzvah I will be saying my dvar Torah on my...

I chose to collect my old books and donate them to a school which could make better use of them. Rabbi Greg suggested that I ask my Grade...

Beth Silbert, from The Shine Project at Good Hope Seminary, linked some of us up with pupils to be their penpals. My penpal’s name was...

Good morning family and friends. My Torah portion is from the book of Exodus and it is called Bo, it is about the last three plagues,...

My Torah portion is called Vayetzei. There is so much to grasp from it. Jacob leaves his home as he is running from is brother who is...

Chayei Sarah Intro (short summary, 3 sentences) My text Chayei Sarah is in the book of Genesis, the first book in the Torah. Avraham was...

My Torah portion is Lech Lecha in the book of Genesis, which is the 1st book. It is about Abram and Sarai’s journey to the land that g-d...

WHAT IS G-D’s GENDER? My message today for you all to go home and think about is ‘what is G-d’s gender?’. During my one on one sessions...

For my Mitzvah Project, I decided to use my talent and love for swimming to raise funds for the Sunflower Fund and Project Flamingo. The...

I live in the Hout Bay area. There is an inforal settlement there. Last year it had a fire which had a terrible effect on people's lives....

In their sermons Rabbi Greg and Rabbi Malcolm explain the meanings of the weekly portions from the Torah and the Haftarah. They often say...